Chapter 72 (2/2)
When they arrived, everyone greeted one another and asked how he was doing. Shi Yan realised that He Nuo wasn’t as comfortable as he was last time in front of his buddies. When Qin Mingxu saw He Nuo’s hands, he immediately asked what kind of work he was doing now for his hands to be in that state. He Nuo looked a bit ashamed, and that was when Shi Yan realised why He Nuo wasn’t willing to meet them.
“He’s not working, he went back to school.” Shi Yan answered unhappily. He asked Wang Feng for his camera before he pulled He Nuo away.
He looked at the silent He Nuo before stopping in front of him, “We all wormed our way into college, you’re the only one who’s really capable.”
“Do you want me to feel ashamed? All of you are college students, yet I still need to resume classes.”
“The matter of resuming classes isn’t your fault, it’s mine.”
“How could it be your fault? I was the one who didn’t do well in the exam. If I had studied harder, how could I have done so badly?” He Nuo wasn’t paying him any lip service. After he got his college entrance examination results, he had secretly regretted taking his studies so lightly countless times. Throughout all those years of schooling, He Nuo had never put in his utmost effort into his studies; he had never wanted to be an outstanding student from the bottom of his hard. So after he failed, he felt like he had let his parents down who had supported him through high school, and he was in abject misery from destroying his dreams with his own hands.
“He Nuo, if you feel inferior because you’re repeating a year, then I’ll feel guilty. Do you want me to always feel like I’ve let you down for the rest of my life?” Shi Yan faced He Nuo, “Do you want that? For me to always feel guilty?”
“No, I don’t. Shi Yan, you’ve already helped me a lot, I can’t even thank you enough. You, you have never let me down.”
Under Shi Yan’s scorching gaze, He Nuo added, “Really.”
A smile appeared on his handsome face, “Then promise me, don’t feel inferior, and don’t blame yourself. Hold your head up high when you walk into your classroom tomorrow.”
“Un.” He Nuo nodded.
“Let’s take some pictures.” Shi Yan pulled He Nuo. He could still feel the mottled scars on He Nuo’s hands, and Shi Yan’s heart felt like it got stabbed by a needle, “Did you see the hand cream I gave you? Put it in your bag ba, apply it a few more times tomorrow. Don’t let it get wet too often for the next few days.”
Aside from his graduation photo and the mugshot he had to take for his entrance examination’s admission card, He Nuo didn’t seem to have taken any other photos before. He was so nervous in front of the camera that he couldn’t even smile. After Shi Yan teased him a few times, he didn’t try to force him anymore, and instead asked him to just walk around randomly and Shi Yan would take photos of him whenever he felt like it. When they only had two pictures left, Shi Yan asked some tourists in the park to help them take a picture of them on a rockery. After they took the picture, Shi Yan jumped down to thank them before he realised that the camera didn’t roll back automatically, so he should still be able to take one or two more photos.
Shi Yan asked the tourists to help them take some more photos until they hear the sound of the rollback. When he turned around, he saw He Nuo climbing down the rockery. Shi Yan walked over while he waved. He Nuo was squatting down; he thought that Shi Yan wanted to tell him something when Shi Yan suddenly wrapped his arm around his waist and picked him up. Out of shock, He Nuo hugged him around his neck, then Shi Yan placed his arm below his legs to carry him bridal style as he shouted, “Take a picture, hurry!”
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T/N: UUUGGGHHHHH THE LAST PART WAS SO SWEET I’M MELTINGGGJGJDJSB